If you really want good coffee, you have to buy green beans and roast them yourself. That's what my husband and I do. You can modify an old air style popcorn maker for this. A great source for coffee information is www.sweetmarias.com. That's where we purchase our beans from. Once you roast your own beans you will never go back. However you do need a better style coffee machine. The old Mr. coffee style drip machine will never do.